Songwriting Tip:
Rhythm and melody tips
The rhythm of your melody and the rhythm of your lyrics should match. Rhythm has strong and week beats. So do words. When you speak to someone, you use conventional stresses – found in the dictionary – to communicate your ideas as efficiently as possible. If you spoke with the ac-CENT on the wrong syl-LA-ble, people would have a hard time understanding you. Yet this happens over and over again in lyric writing. Match your stresses and your listeners will get what you mean.
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